Environmental Gradient Favours Functionally Diverse Macrobenthic Community in a Placer Rich Tropical Bay

Table 3

Result of the two-way ANOVA. Only the variables that were significant are represented. Season/transect showing significantly highest mean values from the SNK test are shown. SNK test Student-Newman-Keuls tests.

Variables	Source of variation	df	MS	𝐹	P	SNK test
PO4	Season	2	0.067	7.82	0.006	Mon
NO2	Season	2	0.03	9.73	0.003	Post M
W Chl a	Season	2	0.91	15.18	0.0005	Pre M
Sand	Season	2	0.9	15	0.0004	Mon
	Transect	1	1.0	17	0.001	Transect 3
Mud	Season	2	0.93	15.49	0.0004	Pre M
	Transect	1	1.01294	16.91	0.001	Transect 2
D50	Season	2	2192.2	6.34	0.013	Mon
	Transect	1	1722.6	4.98	0.045	Transect 3
Sed Chl a	Season	2	0.19	6.44	0.012	Pre M
Sed Phaeo	Season	2	0.39	4.96	0.026	Post M
OC	Season	2	0.156	31.36	0.000017	Post M, Pre Mon